THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Senator Jarrett Keohokalole, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, April 5, 2024

TIME:

9:30 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY

 

The Legislature is accepting written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.

 

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

 

 

GM 705

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Public Utilities Commission, Gubernatorial Nominee, COLIN YOST, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 706

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Electricians and Plumbers, Gubernatorial Nominee, JAMES TAM, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 707

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, JANET PRIMIANO, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

GM 708

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, NICHOLAS CHING, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 709

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Private Detectives and Guards, Gubernatorial Nominee, EDWARD CHU, JR., for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 631

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, DESTINY IRVINE-HALAMA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

GM 737

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Electricians and Plumbers, Gubernatorial Nominee, MILES KAMIMURA, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

 

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 738

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects, Gubernatorial Nominee, ROBERTO YUMOL, for a term to expire 06-30-2025.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

[Measure deleted on 4/2/24]

GM 739

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Hawaii Medical Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, DANNY TAKANISHI, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 740

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Elevator Mechanics Licensing Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, ROBERT GREIG, for a term to expire 06-30-2027.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 741

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Pharmacy, Gubernatorial Nominee, SHERI TOKUMARU, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 742

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, WAYNE DE LUZ, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 743

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, KENNETH OBENSKI, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 744

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, Gubernatorial Nominee, CARLETON WILLIAMS, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

GM 745

      Status & Testimony

Submitting for consideration and confirmation to the Board of Acupuncture, Gubernatorial Nominee, SHERRY MIZUMOTO, for a term to expire 06-30-2028.

 

 

CPN

[Measure added on 4/1/24]

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Participate" drop down menu and select the "Submit Testimony" option to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

Please note the following:

 

·         The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.

 

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions.pdf

 

For general help navigating the committee hearing process, please contact the Public Access Room at (808) 587-0478 or [email protected]. You can also visit their website at https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/.

 

For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.

 

For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808)-587-7215.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Jarrett Keohokalole

Chair